Head-Mounted Display Earphone Holding Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of head-mounted displays face inconvenience when trying to locate earphones due to obstructed line of sight, making it difficult to find and attach or detach them.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating dedicated earphone holding sections on the mounting band of the head-mounted display, allowing users to attach and detach earphones without visual confirmation, enhancing convenience by positioning them for easy access and recognition by touch.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the head-mounted display is mounted on the user's head, then the display can be viewed, but the user's line of sight is closed and the user cannot easily locate the earphones
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting band is segmented to include dedicated earphone holding sections at specific locations. These segmented portions provide distinct tactile features that allow users to locate earphones by touch without visual confirmation, resolving the contradiction between maintaining display coverage and enabling easy earphone access.
Solution Approach 2:
The earphone holding sections act as intermediary tactile markers between the user and the earphones. These markers provide spatial information about earphone locations through touch, serving as a mediator that compensates for the loss of visual confirmation capability when the display is mounted on the user's head.
2Ease of operation
If the earphones are kept separate from the head-mounted display, then the display structure is simple, but the user feels inconvenience when trying to find and attach earphones
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting band is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as the structural component for mounting the display and as the carrier for holding earphones. This universal design allows the same component to fulfill multiple functions without significantly increasing overall device complexity, while greatly improving the convenience of earphone attachment and location.
Data Source
AI summary
To propose a head-mounted display capable of enhancing convenience with respect to earphones. A head-mounted display (1) includes: a device main body (10) with a display device (11) incorporated therein; a mounting band (20) which extends toward the rear side from the device main body (10) and is used for mounting to a user's head; a right earphone holding section (24R) which is provided at a right portion of the mounting band (20) and to and from which a right earphone (31R) can be attached and detached; and a left earphone holding section (24L) which is provided at a left portion of the mounting band (20) and to and from which a left earphone (31L) can be attached and detached. According to the HMD 1, the user can recognize the positions of the earphones (31R) and (31L) without visual confirmation.